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TRADE

TAIWANESE bicycles have been targeted for 18.2% provisional anti-dumping duties by the Commission. It said action against Taiwan, the biggest exporter of bicycles to the EU, was needed to halt further damage to European manufacturers and to safeguard jobs. EU government ministers must decide whether to proceed with long-term anti-dumping measures within six months.

European Voice

9/2/98, 5:00 PM CET

Updated 4/12/14, 3:41 AM CET

EU EXPORTS to Japan slumped by 13% in the first quarter of the year as a result of the Asian financial crisis. The EU’s trade deficit with Japan widened to 11.2 billion ecu compared with 6.2 billion a year earlier. The Union posted a negative trade balance with the rest of the world of 0.4 billion ecu in the first quarter of 1998, against a surplus of 6.2 billion ecu in 1997.THE US surplus on air cargo trade with the EU narrowed by 39.3% to 2.77 billion ecu in the first half of 1998 compared to the same period last year, according to the US Census Bureau. It said that while the US trade performance with Europe was less robust than with Latin America, European economies remained fairly strong which had helped the demand for US exports to Europe.